Interesting People

Funeral Boss Frank Stewart Jr. Shares His Secrets on Cemeteries, Cremation and the Meaning of Life

In 1910, Frank Stewart Jr.’s grandfather was deeded a piece of property he couldn’t sell. It was a cemetery, and…

11 years ago

How To Avoid Being Struck By Lightning This Summer – An Interview With Dr. Lightning

During the 1940s lightning killed several hundred people a year in the U.S., in recent years annual lightning fatalities have…

11 years ago

Death For Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner – An Interview With The Guru Of Cremation

According to the Cremation Association of North America some 42 percent of Americans are now getting cremated, might this mark…

11 years ago

One Texas Woman’s Struggle To Open The Country’s First Art Gallery Funeral Home

Imagine a funeral home that also served as an art gallery. At a service you might watch the deceased’s favorite…

11 years ago

Bury Me Under The Wandering Llama – Interview with Australia’s Darkest Fashion Designer, Part II

I went to lift one of the pigs out of the garment, I put my hand under its back and…

11 years ago

How Do You Dress For Your Own Death? Interview With Australia’s Darkest Designer, Part I

A few years ago Pia Interlandi dressed and buried 21 pigs in order to learn more about how garments decompose…

11 years ago

How Do You Clean a Skull? – Interview with Son of a Skeleton Tycoon

Not only is there a company called Skulls Unlimited International, they even have their own museum! (more…)

11 years ago

What do Rasputin’s Penis and Einstein’s Brain Have in Common? Interview with Corpse Expert Bess Lovejoy

What do Rasputin’s penis, Shelley’s heart and Einstein’s brain have in common? (more…)

11 years ago

Serial Killer Art And Homemade Guillotines – Interview with the World’s Most Provocative Museum Owners

JD Healy and Cathee Shultz once built their own guillotine. The couple now runs the Museum of Death, in Los…

11 years ago

Solving Murders and Sculpting Skulls, Interview with a Forensic Artist

Barbara Anderson has spent more than two decades working as a forensic artist for police departments in California. When a…

12 years ago